Schlies Orchard Report 2006

Schlies Orchard Report 2006 By Tami Schlies This was a good year for fruit yield at our house.  Almost every apple tree produced fruit, and the Evan’s cherries actually produced enough for a couple of pies (well, would have if my son had not had a feast one day while he was looking for duck…

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Book Reviews May 2000

Publication Review by Tami Schlies   The Oregon State University has a very good 23 page publication titled Growing Kiwifruit  (publication PNW 507) which gives step by step details on soil preferences, fertilization, irrigation, trellising options, thinning, harvesting, and storing kiwi.  They use “fuzzy” kiwifruit studies as a basis, but do include sections on Hardy…

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